Watford 0-2 Ipswich Town: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 24 February 2026
Result
Watford 0-2 Ipswich Town
Championship · Tuesday 24 February 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Watford 0-2 Ipswich Town: match report
Watford were beaten by Ipswich Town 0-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 24 February 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Sindre Walle Egeli opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Watford did not score. Ipswich Town scored through Sindre Walle Egeli (37') and George Hirst (77').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Ipswich Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 9th on 48 points from 33 and Ipswich Town 4th on 54 points from 31. Watford went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Ipswich Town 2nd with 84.
Watford lined up in a 5-4-1 and Ipswich Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Walton of Ipswich Town (7.6), ahead of Sindre Walle Egeli (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 3 draws and 4 for Ipswich Town.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · James Abankwah
- 28'Yellow card · Nestory Irankunda
- 37'Goal · Sindre Walle Egeli
- 56'Yellow card · Cédric Kipré
- 77'Goal · George Hirst
- 83'Yellow card · Darnell Furlong
- 84'Missed penalty · Tom Ince
- 85'Yellow card · Christian Walton
Head-to-head
Team news
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Watford line-up (5-4-1)
Egil Selvik, Jérémy Petris, James Abankwah, Mattie Pollock, Stephen Mfuni, Marc Bola, Nestory Irankunda, Nampalys Mendy, Imrân Louza, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Luca Kjerrumgaard
Ipswich Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christian Walton, Darnell Furlong, Dara O'Shea, Cédric Kipré, Jacob Greaves, Azor Matusiwa, Dan Neil, Sindre Walle Egeli, Marcelino Núñez, Jack Clarke, Iván Azón